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When I told my next door neighbor in May of 2008 that I was going to sell the house along with all of my personal possessions and move to Chiclayo Peru with my Peruvian wife, his response was..” That’s a path not many men walk.” I had that impression as well, but have since learned that many men and women have walked and continue to walk that path. There is a large expatriate community in Lima and a significant number of gringos scattered about the remainder of the country from the larger coastal cities to the smallest jungle villages. Many of them have personal blogs in which they offer travel advice, news, and a wealth of other information along with their individual experiences. The purpose of this blog is not so far reaching. My intent is simply to record my experiences and observations for family, friends and anyone else who may be interested, but mostly for myself. Peru is to me a musical, magical land and I’ve found that writing about it helps me to preserve the beauty I experience as I explore this enchanting country. Anyway, thanks for visiting my site. Feel free to come back again, and leave a comment if you’d care to or send an email to me at kaetan1@gmail.com.

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Friday, September 8, 2017

The village of Tepo project is cancelled

During a visit to several villages in the Mochumi District
last Wednesday, Magali stopped at Tepo, the subject of our last post on
September 3 to determine what items would be suitable to donate to the primary
school. During that visit the director of the primary school informed Magali
that she would be resigning at the end of the school term in December. Magali
then had a discussion with members of the parent’s association and was told
that parents would no longer be boycotting the primary school and would be
enrolling their kids from the pronoei in that school for the next term.

We had said in our post about Tepo that we felt that the
pronoei was not needy but decided to donate to it and the primary school as an
inducement to increase enrollment at the primary school if donations were
received. With the director’s decision to resign there is no need for an
inducement, and given that the pronoei is reasonably furnished we are canceling
the project.

One interesting aside…as Magali was preparing to leave Tepo
a woman asked if she could ride with her to a clinic in Mochumi. During the
ride the woman, Rosa Santisteban Cajusol told Magali she had seen many changes
in Tepo during her lifetime. We don’t doubt that. Last week on August 30 she
celebrated her 104th birthday.